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Summer kidnapping panic
Michelle Goldberg
President Bush compares it to terrorism. But the number of children abducted by strangers is down, not up. So why is the media scaring the wits out of parents?
The right man for the job
Joyce Millman
His county -- and his country -- cried out for him. And Bruce Springsteen came through.
Mood swings
Cary Tennis
My husband suffers from depression and I've taken a lover. But what about my promise to be with him "in sickness and in health"?
Air Jordans
Damien Cave
What changed leisure footwear forever and created the wonderful, hideous behemoth of contemporary consumer culture? It's gotta be da shoes.
Where’s poppa?
Audrey Fisch
Another study causes alarm about children of working mothers. But one of the authors admits that fathers were again left out of the equation.
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Bush/Cheney's private recount 2000 air force included planes from Enron, Halliburton -- and Sallie Mae?
Jim Bowden must go
Keith Olbermann
Comparing Players' Association head Donald Fehr to the Sept. 11 hijackers degrades the memory of the victims, and baseball too.
Ham and cheese
Salon Staff
Readers respond to a politico-cultural critique of Subway's sandwich ad and to an essay about metrosexual posing.
The case for Raymond Chandler
Allen Barra
The creator of Philip Marlowe has been called an imitator and a hack, but he deserves his lonely, disillusioned corner in the American literary canon.
The ghost of Bruce Springsteen
Joey Sweeney
My parents got divorced. I was high on mushrooms. My country was attacked. Bruce was there.
“The Kid Stays in the Picture”
Stephanie Zacharek
Is legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans feeding us a load of crap in this documentary? When it's this much fun, who really cares?
The spies who thrilled me
Stephanie Zacharek
The truth is that a lot of the great old spy movies aren't so great, but the sexiness and style of James Bond and the Avengers never gets old.
Beam me up (to Youngstown)!
Pamela Burdman
Despite his conviction, his expulsion from the U.S. House and a really bad hairpiece, former Ohio Rep. Jim Traficant will find that some in Youngstown still love him.
How to remember Sept. 11 — and how not to
Keith Olbermann
Salon's new columnist looks at what the upcoming baseball strike and "Sex and the City" tell us about the looming one-year anniversary.
Ignorance is no excuse
Fran Smith
Few doctors learn how to perform abortions, and women pay for their lack of training. New York City is taking steps to reverse the trend.
Pecked
Heather Caldwell
Dale Peck's scathing review of Rick Moody and a dozen other writers of "postmodern drivel" has the literary world buzzing about what makes for good -- and bad -- criticism.
Falling out of love
Robert Scheer
It looks like America's love affair with George W. Bush is coming to an end.
Rites revenge
Cary Tennis
My mother hijacked my wedding, and my husband and I now want a "do-over" in Vegas with an Elvis impersonator. Is that so wrong?
Lawsuits, hormones and celebrity pushers
Salon Staff
Readers respond to articles about parents suing teachers, hormone replacement therapy and stars shilling for pharmaceuticals and medical procedures.
“Eight Legged Freaks”
Charles Taylor
Giant spiders attack, get squashed into viscous goo. Repeat. Would-be camp classic is a big snooze. And what's with the missing hyphen?
Joe Conason’s Journal
Salon Staff
Bush expresses confidence the SEC will clear Cheney, but could that be seen as applying pressure on the agency?
The watchdog didn’t bark
Harold Evans
Why didn't the media question Bush's shady stock dealings before he became president?
Blinded by love
Cary Tennis
What thwarts love more -- not being able to see or not being able to tell the truth? Plus: How long does it take to mend a broken heart?
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